Men’s Qualifying Begins Today In Rotterdam World Open
from DailySquashReport.com
October 28, 2011 - A massive men’s qualifying tournament begins today in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, with sixteen coveted main draw spots in the World Open main draw at stake.
64 players will hit the12 courts this afternoon at the hallowed, member-owned Victoria Squash Club. The second and final round of qualifying will take place on Saturday, with first-round main draw action beginning Sunday.
North American men in today’s qualifying are Cesar Salazar and Eric Galvez of Mexico, Shawn Delierre of Canada and Christopher Gordon of the US.
Salazar will face Mazen Gamal of Egypt, Galvez takes on Gabor Marges of The Netherlands, Delierre plays Michael Ernst of The Netherlands and Gordon draws Eddie Charlton of England.
The USA’s Julian Illingworth is straight into the 64-man main draw, along with Arturo Salazar of Mexico and Shahier Razik of Canada.
Men’s Qualifying First Round, 2011 World Open, Rotterdam
Stephane Galifi (ITA) v Rasool Hashim Abdullah (IRQ)
Dick Lau (HKG) v Lucas Buit (NED)
Eric Galvez (MEX) v Gabor Marges (NED)
Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) v Aqeel Rehman (AUT)
Max Lee (HKG) v Tomas de Paauw (NED)
Joel Hinds (ENG) v Tom Lucas (NED)
Zac Alexander (AUS) v Piedro Schweertman (NED)
Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) v Joan Lezaud (FRA)
Adrian Waller (ENG) v Rick Penders (NED)
Shaun le Roux (RSA) v Marc ter Sluis (NED)
Jens Schoor (GER) v Stephen Cooke (NED)
Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY) v Rene Mijs (NED)
Davide Bianchetti (ITA) v Kim Are Killingberg (NOR)
Kashif Shuja (NZL) v Amr Ramsy Swelim (ITA)
Siddharth Suchde (IND) v Sander van Tour (NED)
Shawn Delierre (CAN) v Michael Ernst (NED)
Gregoire Marche (FRA) v Charles Sharpes (ENG)
Matthew Karwalski (AUS) v Fabien Verseille (FRA)
Wade Johnstone (AUS) v Neeraj Aggarwal (AUS)
Campbell Grayson (NZL) v Philip Nightingale (ENG)
Robbie Temple (ENG) v Joe Chapman (IVB)
Clinton Leeuw (RSA) v Guido Ploem (NED)
Christopher Gordon (USA) v Eddie Charlton (ENG)
Joe Lee (ENG) v Roshan Bharos (NED)
Cesar Salazar (MEX) v Mazen Gamal (EGY)
Yann Perrin (FRA) v Lewis Walters (ENG)
Leo Au (HKG) v Raphael Kandra (GER)
Julien Balbo (FRA) v Frank Hartkoren (NED)
Henrik Mustonen (FIN) v Reiko Peter (SUI)
Ivan Yuen (MAS) v Sebastian Weenink (NED)
Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY) v Bart Ravelli (NED)
Mark Krajcsak (HUN) v Steven Finitsis (AUS)
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